Oh hey, you're back.
Here's a link to the first thread on easymodo.
Sorry we didn't get to archive it on suptg.
http://archive.easymodo.net/tg/thread/16371191#p16371191

>>16392736

No worries man, thanks for catching it like this. I'm surprised it actually got to auto-sage.

>>16392547
So, which would be better: attack the tiger summon that's going after Gen, or attack the summoner?

Also OP, am I counting right and our Chakra Pool is at 4 right now?

>>16392770

You're correct on the chakra count. If you kill/disable a summoner their summon seems to go away as well, and it may or may not be easier, that woman seems to be fairly durable and evasive despite her previous injuries.

>>16392830
Are summons like clones, in that they're investments of chakra and that killing/dispelling a summon is like losing a clone, and the chakra invested in it?

>>16392846

Kinda sorta. When you call a summon the chakra is gone and used to move the contracted creature through space/time and bring it to your location. As a result they're separate creatures and independent of the caster, but it seems their presence is tied to the summoner being conscious.

Threat assessments: the Hyuuga seems to be most immediate problem, his physical attacks can destroy our clones and prevent us from taking out the others. Next would be the puppet master because of the sheer number of puppets he has. Finally the summoner.

OP, is the Hidden Mist still up, and are the enemy shinobi inside of it?

>>16392960

The Hidden mist has somewhat dispersed due to just natural winds. I can inform you about a cool little trick, and that's keeping one clone just in place and maintaining the Hidden Mist which would be 8*6 squares of coverage. For the moment the mists are too thin to really bother your foes.

>>16393003
Alright.
It'll use up all of our remaining Chakra Pool, but Shima's the kind of guy to try it, I think.
Hidden Mist Jutsu (1 Chakra) and create 2 Water Bunshin (3 Chakra).

Do clones come with full Chakra Pools, or if we're out when we create them, they're also out?

>>16393046

They get the same amount you had right before you summoned them. So they would each have 4.

>>16393104
Okay, so the Hidden Mist and Water Bunshin, would that be 1 turn?

>>16393125

You can call the clones, and he can call the mist, if that's ok.

>>16393129
Oh right. So maybe it's best if we summon 3 clones, 1 creates Mist and stays with Gen, and the other 3 go on the attack with us next turn. Would that work?

>>16393195

Sounds like a plan of action. Your clones spring up from the wet ground and one of them throws up his arm, the mist rolling out from him to cover the battlefield as he locks in on doing that, standing by Gen. Gen, now free of the puppeteer's attacks, is gathering his scrolls again for the next wave of combat. Your foes have disengaged, the puppeteer having gotten closer to the Hyuuga. At the moment you are closest to the enemy, with the Hyuuga closest to you. The summoner is the furthest away from you all and the tiger has slipped back to just behind the Hyuuga. They seem to be waiting for the prime moment to act.

>>16393286
2 of our other clones use the Iron Wind jutsu at the Hyuuga, and Shima attacks him with the greatsword. A coordinated attack to catch the Hyuuga.

>>16393308

Two blades of water fly inwards as you shunshin close to the Hyuuga. Your blade comes down, hard and fast, and the other blades come right around your sides, a perfect three-pronged attack. The Hyuuga's chakra signature suddenly flares up and he spins like a top, chakra exploding from around him and popping the swords as well as blocking your inward blow and making you shuffle backwards in surprise.

>>16393323
We are undeterred! We still press the attack on the Hyuuga while the clones send Water Dragons at the puppeteer.

Also, are you doing all the rolls now?

>>16393345

Just didn't roll for that attack, Hyuuga was waiting for you and used Kaiten. Go for your roll, this time he's gonna need to focus in on spinning at the right time and strength to not just blow himself to exhaustion.

Rank+Sword vs Rank+Taijutsu-1

rolled 7, 7, 1, 10, 2, 1, 9 = 37

>>16393377
3+4

Is it possible, with clones, to have a clone attack an enemy so that they use up a counterattack, and then attack right afterwards, in the same turn?

rolled 10, 3, 6, 6, 5, 9, 3, 7 = 49

>>16393395

5 successes, and you get 1 free extra effect.

Here we go, Hyuuga spin spin spin

5 successes as well. Your extra success however lets you get SOME damage in, not much, but just a little.

>>16393458
Is it the clone's turn now? Or the enemy shinobi?

Also, is it possible to defer an action, such that Shima attacks after one of the clones attacks the Hyuuga and leaves him open?

>>16393518

That is very possible, yes. Also it is the enemies turn.

But you get to do your Extra Effect for free. Roll a check for Taijutsu, just Rank. If you succeed you deal damage equal to your Tai to him.

rolled 8, 9, 3 = 20

>>16393532
Okay, just rank.

rolled 10, 4, 3 = 17

>>16393532
Rollan`
Wow, those guys are tough. Do we have a soldier pills or something to recover our chakra/determination pool?

>>16393547
I'm guessing they're either Chuunin, or just a really good team of genin with Kekkei Genkai's.

>>16393560
And they have a guy, who can negate pretty much any physical attack. Thats pretty unconvinient for us.

>>16393544

I'll do y'all a favor and take the better one. So, you got 3 successes so you do Taijutsu damage +1. So he takes a whopping 10 damage.

As you smash your sword down again he rotates until your blade goes backwards, a smug look on his face which is cut short by you putting your sword into the soft earth, supporting yourself up into the air for a boot to the face as he winces in pain, stumbles back and has to clear the mud from his eyes.

The puppeteer calls his little army of puppets together and puts his hands together, sealing them back up in the scroll they came from as he reached into his belt and produced another one, unrolling it and showing you the symbol for the word "Nightmare". With a release a cloud of black acrid smoke fills the area, causing choking from all parties, except for the puppeteer who is seemingly used to it. As your mist disperses the smoke you see a hooded puppet with a huge wooden club knobbled with spikes standing at the ready, a kanabo.

The summoner sics her tiger on Gen, who this time was ready as he unravels a scroll throwing a small focused blast of kunai, easily twenty or so, at the tiger who vanishes in a puff of smoke, killed outright by your friend's quick thinking. "Yamada, these guys are well above us in skill. We need to lock one of them down to end this." he calls out to you as he kneels and unrolls another scroll in front of him, making a long series of handsigns, calling up something big.

(Ok, now your clones have action. Then you. Also, Gen may be carrying pills, but we're rather bereft of equips, we'll pick up some utility items and get more in-depth if we return home.)

>>16393570
Should we switch targets? At least while fighting with the Hyuuga, it keeps him from going after Gen or one of the clones.
Mostly we need to buy Gen time to set up another Metal Storm. If he can, that is.

>>16393589
Okay, here's my plan: Clone 1 puts out more mist again. Clone 2 uses a Water Dragon on the Hyuuga. Clone 3 grapples the Hyuuga. If it works, great. If not, it still leaves the Hyuuga open to our attack. How does that sound?

>>16393643

Solid plan to me! The real us is tapped out of chakra right? Fortunately we have virtual 11 chakra to use.

The mist thickens and expands, making the entire town seem like little more than a bog. Calling forth the water from earlier your clone raises a water dragon which smashes into the disoriented Hyuuga, who when he rises spits up blood before seeing your last clone charge him, his Byakugan-affected eyes bulging as he slams the clone's chest and pops the water clone instantly.

(He's in injured. You really did a number on this guy, jeez. Shimaru can really pack the beats. This Hyuuga's had to tank you pretty much 100% while his friends set-up, let's hope their setup isn't too deadly.)

>>16393643
Wait, change of plan: Clone 1 still has his sword; Clone 3 puts out mist since he still has Chakra, Clone 1 uses an Iron Wind jutsu against the Hyuuga. That way we still open him up for our own attack, but don't waste a clone.

>>16393668

Ok, instead of smashed clone we have smashed sword-clone. Good call. Now it's time for the real you to act. How are we doing on Determination, I think we're at 4, right?

rolled 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 6, 10 = 29

>>16393666
Ah, crap, too late.
Well, let's finish him off.

>>16393683
>>16393685
Yes, I believe so. We made 1 Determination back when Shima got angry, so we're at 4.
Also, 6 successes. Tank THAT, bitch!

rolled 2, 4, 7, 9, 2 = 24

>>16393696

Without any chakra left to Kaiten the Hyuuga just tries to slip under your blade and strike you with a Hyuuga Deathblow.

>>16393709
So how do Attack-Counterattacks work?

rolled 7, 7, 1, 2, 8 = 25

>>16393709

As he slides under your blade he finds that his injuries and the mist make his judgement just a bit off. The man rises, right arm shooting forward like a javelin, as your blade sweeps the horizon and leaves a head whose eyes go black completely and force the eyelids closed. The body crumples to the ground.

"Good work!" Gen calls out, surprised at his own support of you. As you finish off the Hyuuga he rises and claps his hand, behind him now stands two huge rectangular machines which slide open to reveal at least a hundred holes that will each fire kunai towards the enemy. Without the Hyuuga to deflect the incoming storm Gen calls out, "Checkmate! Yamada, get out of the way!" He says and with his words of warning you can leap up on top of the machine.

(Gen's out of Tactics Pool. Additionally his machine needs one turn to hum up as the chakra-seals need to ignite to launch the kunai.)

>>16393721

For a counter-attack to be used the defender has to achieve more successes than the attacker in his defensive action. If you make the mininum of two and I get 3, I can do an Extra Effect 1 Defensive. And so on and so forth.

Just reading through last thread to get caught up.

>You went into battle against two boys, now you walk away from four halves.

DEAR GOD

I can't believe no one said "Seal the top half of the Uchiha (or just his head) into a storage scroll."

That was the perfect opportunity to acquire two lovely Sharingan.

Can we "loot" a byakugan? Just askin`.
It involves a powerful enemies and Konoha hunter-nins at our tail, though.

>>16393759

If you can get one from the Main Family. This guy was branch and his seal kicked in when he died, blackening the eyes and blinding them forever.

>>16393746
True, though medical tech in Kiri isn't as advanced as Kono's, you could still ramshackle something together, Ao did.

>>16393746
>That was the perfect opportunity to acquire two lovely Sharingan.
FUCK! You're right!

>>16393741
Get out of the way.
We'll use the 3 clones to lock down the movements of the remaining 2 shinobi next turn.

The puppeteer sees the huge machines appear and the puppet comes whizzing at Gen, huge kanabo on its shoulders. Your friend grits his teeth and curls up his arms, dodges, but takes a sharp rap from the weapon on the arms, as you hear a bone snap. Despite the pain, Gen jumps back up and kicks the puppet with a surprisingly good kick, at least by Gen's standards, making the puppet wobble a bit.

The woman is rapidly signing and puts her hands together, looking up at you both and blows a cloud of golden dust out at you both.

(Roll a Difficult Genjutsu test or an Arduous Taijutsu test. Difficult= 2 successes needed. Arduous= 3. First results are the ones I keep.)

>>16393806
Rank and Taijutsu? Our Taijutsu's better than Genjutsu.

rolled 7, 7, 5 = 19

>>16393806
We have no genjitsu knowledge, so just rank?
Rolling for Taijitsu.

>>16393824

Just rank. I don't think you're trained in Genjutsu Tactics. We have to get 9 or lower.

>>16393843
(Very nice!)

The cloud comes but you want none of it, you leap away from the cloud, covering your face with your sleeve, eyes squinted to avoid the effects as Gen breathes it in slowly and then holds up two fingers, calling out "Release." Gen is well versed in counter-Genjutsu tactics. The woman frowns and grits her teeth, two copies of her appearing in a puff of smoke. One of them leans back and signs as does the other.

(If you guys can pass a Difficult Rank+Ninjutsu Knowledge Targeting Nin Test you'll know what they're doing.)

rolled 8, 10, 5, 8 = 31

>>16393861
Rank 3 + Ninjitsu Knowledge 1

>>16393876
Well, shit. Can Gen predict these 3 god damn fireballs?

>>16393876

(Oh wow, a colossal failure of 0 successes. Which means not only do you fail, but you're going to be locked out of countering or evading.)

The two clones finish their signs and one fires a Fuuton and the other a Katon. The fire meets the fire and exponentially expands. Gen's eyes widen as he calls out, "GET COVER, SHIMARU!" However, you are helpless in the air, evading the genjutsu-dust. The combined ninjutsu attack blasts over you.

(That's gonna be 20 damage. That puts us in wounded. Your skin on your arms, face, and neck is charred black and will take serious medical attention to heal to normal. The pain and shock makes you take a -2 penalty to all dice pools until you are healed. Your clones also tragically were caught in the attack. The Stormfront (The Metal Storm Machine), however, is very safe, only a little blackened.

>>16393927

Fire meets the wind.*

>>16393935
Note to self: Let our water dragon meet some lighting jutsu for mass damage.
So its a Metal Storm time now?

>>16393927
Shit!
But...that was their turn, right?
And now the Stormfront can fire.

>>16393985
>>16393983

Very correct.

Gen puts his hand on the machine and calls out, "One." The sound of a thousand kunai ripping through the air at once, like the cry of falcons diving, as they whistle towards the targets. The puppeteer gets peppered with them, from head to toe. The woman parries at surprising amount of them before a block of them render her combat arm worthless and she watches as the blood runs down her arm. Her clones were instantly killed by the attack. The puppeteer's body releases smoke as it is revealed to be one of the Genin-marionettes, and the Puppeteer laughs before Gen whispers, "Two."

This time senbon, needles used by medics and acupuncturists, fire forward. They're so small and fast none but the Sharingan could possibly see them coming and react. Additionally, when they hit the puppeteer and the woman the victims squirm and reveal that each needle has steel wire tied to it. "Three!" Calls out Gen and the machine juts out a wall of sharp spikes and the wires all pull inwards, the sound of a motor jerking at once fills the air as the victims are pulled to a grisly death, impaled on a wall of spikes.

>>16394035
Stagger to our feet, and make sure that there's no other shinobi chakra signatures.

>>16394053
Also if possible have Gen send a message to the hidden village to have them prep for our main guys wounds.

>>16394053

For the first time since this battle began you can only sense yours and Gen's chakra, as far as shinobi go. The Stormfront vanishes in a blast of smoke and Gen wobbles on the spot and collapses to the ground, drained out of chakra, he burned into his fatigue to fuel his expensive summoning. He is panting as if he ran a marathon before getting up on his knees and looking over at you, "Jeez...they messed you up..." he said with a weak laugh, swooning on the spot, almost ready to pass out.

P.s I've been loving this so far, really glad it has continued. I was worried for a moment when we didn't get it archived in time (on sup/tg/ anyway).

>>16394070
"Heh. Least I can...still stand..."

Alright, check the bodies of the enemy shinobi, see if there's any identifiers, Kekkei Genkai we can salvage, and interesting summon scrolls.

We're not in good shape, and Genpachi doesn't look like he's in any condition to do much.
Maybe we can have one of the villagers send a message to the Mist Village asking for a medical retrieval team for the shinobi bodies and a medevac for us?

>>16394085

I'm glad to hear that! I hope to keep this, and other stories using the same setting, going in the future.

>>16394091
For the most part you find little, they were very certain to leave any identifying marks at home. However, the puppet is in great condition, only a few nicks from the kunai. The puppeteer has loads of his scrolls tucked away in a very orderly harness he wore around his chest, though about 3/4 the scrolls are ruined by either blood, holes from the spikes, or both. Only the Nightmare puppet remains well. Startlingly you can sense the puppet gives off a faint chakra signature.

However, the woman shows something interesting. She has a picture of her and two boys, her children perhaps, standing outside what looks to be the Tsuchikage's office, Lord of the Hidden Stone village.

As you move around, however, you feel your strength waning.

>>16394133
Good thinking.

>>16394065

Gen's really not in much shape to do much of anything at the moment. But he'll try.

Your comrade pulls the last scroll out of his robes and wipes some blood from a pool of it on the ground on it, a puff of smoke appearing and a dove appears, "Go....get....help." he intones before passing out fully. The dove flutters away. The pain screams over your body and wracks you totally. It's a miracle you survived. If the woman herself had used the fire, instead of the clone, it very well may have been your final mission. But it seems that your toughness and ardor gave you the wherewithal to kill these foreigners. However, that doesn't mean you need to be a hero. Finally your body gives out the shutdown message and you hit the mud.

You awaken in a glass orb, dressed only in your pants. Hundreds of tubes are in you and three major cables lead to paper tags with the word "Heal" written on it. Outside the orb three medics are trying their hardest to channel their chakra through you and the system to accelerate your healing. Eventually the water drains out and the cables withdraw from your mouth and chest. The wound in your chest seals up immediately. The orb opens and one of the medics, a short business-like man sizes you up, "Report to the Mizukage. He wants to talk to you himself."

So, fresh out of the healing tank and still a little shaky; but looking quite good for someone who faced down a firestorm, only a little charring around your extremities, but the doctors assured you that it would be healed in a few days, you head to the Mizukage's office.

>>16394168
Don't worry, you've got the scroll.


Soon you stand before the Mizukage who is sitting at his desk. He's a young looking man, almost too young looking. He in fact doesn't look much older than about 16. Despite that he is known the world over for his incredible power and despite your rippling physique and massive sword, this man could flatten you in an instant, or so rumor would have it.

"Are you well, Yamada Shimaru?" He asks first, his voice just as soft as his appearance. The young man leans forward, revealing a long staff with a beautiful flower on the top of it as he gazes at you with his deep green eyes, "I hope that the medics did a good job in taking care of you."

>>16394185
"Yes, sir. I have been told that I will be fully healed in several days."
Stand at attention. We might be a beast on the battlefield, but we're a professional.

>>16394185
"As always the medics were excellent sir. It turns out the children were in fact puppets. It was a trap Mizukage sir"

>>16394214
Maybe it was a test to see how well we perform?
Considering the shinobi training graduation requirement that this Kage put into place, it wouldn't surprise me.

>>16394258
Perhaps but I don't think its wise to accuse him of anything.

>>16394283
Of course we won't accuse him of anything. I'm just saying it might be premature to say anything about the mission until asked about it.

>>16394296
Fair point.

A little early I know but archiving for posterity lol.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=five%20nations

>>16394308
Thanks, though it looks like something went wrong in the description.

>>16394322
Damn, it doesn't like non-english charaters (ū in this case).

>>16394201

Voting for this

>>16394201
>>16394214

"I see." he said gently and looks at a pile of paperwork, shifting several pages around before sighing, "I don't know why, but things are getting more and serious since I took office." He says and rubs his temples, "Alright, you've done very well. In fact, according to the Bingo Book, two of those targets were Jonin. I'm surprised. Two Chunin of our village defeating two Jonin..." He said with a smile, "Maybe our village has hope yet."

Also thank you for the archive.

>>16394438
"Sir. If I may ask, what was the third shinobi?"

>>16394492

"The puppeteer has no record in the Bingo book. However, according to what we've found from the autopsy he had a well trained chakra system." The Mizukage noted, "Well, he's a mystery element. Regardless, is there anything you can add to Gen's report?"

Can we use the money we get from missions on equipment? Blood and Soldier Pills seem like they would be a good investment. Maybe also a couple scrolls that can call forth water, so we can use our Hidden Mist and Water Bunshin jutsus?

>>16394557
Absolutely, he'll pay you after this session.

>>16394548
"The puppeteers intact puppet, called Nightmare, has a trace chakra signature. The female missing-nin had a photo of herself and two boys in front of the Tsuchikage's Office.
"The Hyuuga shinobi called their group the Scarlet Corps. I am unsure why they were laying in ambush for us, but he did confirm that it was a trap."

>>16394601

"I'll send the puppet to intelligence. The rest I'll add to the report. Thank you." he said before adjusting his papers and pointing to a large pile of bills. "That is your pay for this mission." He said, the amount equal to roughly two hundred ryuu, more than double what you usually pull in a month.

>>16394844
"Sir!"
Sounds like we're dismissed. Take the money, salute, and leave.
I suppose we should visit Gen to see how he's doing, even if he is a rival from back in our gennin days. We can say that it's to see if he survived this time or not.

>>16394900

You find yourself outside Gen's apartment where the inside is completely covered with scrolls almost covering every inch. Pots of ink and brushes everywhere dot the room as Gen himself is busy writing tattoos on his arms and chest. "Oh, I see you're up. And you're back to your usual scowl." He said, not even looking up, but you can catch a glimpse of a faint smile that vanished as quickly as it arrived.

>>16394938
"Hmph. You survived again."
Turn to leave.
"....we make a good team."

>>16394958

"Yeah. I think working with you is a little better than being dead out there." He said once before finally shutting up and finishing a long tattoo along his leg.

Your social call over, you head to the market now and begin to peruse the merchant's wares.

(Alright, now let's get some buying done. Our gear is a cloth gi, shinobi sandals, our backpack, our trusty greatsword, and our Mist Headband.)

>>16394996
As a melee specialist, I think Blood and Soldier Pills are going to be important for us.
Let's check out the prices and see what we can afford.

>>16395013

A five pack of soldier and blood pills which will fit in a convenient pouch, which all comes part of a package bundle for twenty ryuu. Outside of this merchant you find someone who will only sell you soldier pills in bulk, fifty for 100 ryuu.

>>16395026
The package bundle sounds good.
Let's keep the bulk order in mind, though. There's other stuff we need to pick up as well.

What about Exploding Tags? They'd be pretty useful, especially if we can prepare a battlefield ahead of time.
Also, are there any Water Scrolls that we could use to turn a battlefield into a marsh, or create a supply of water?

>>16395045
Explosive tags are easy enough to make, you just need the materials. You can get ink and chakra paper for about twenty tags for only 10 ryuu. The scrolls you are talking about can come in one of two forms. Either they are scrolls where the shinobi has just sealed water into them, and the others create water, making them a pseudo-fountain. Obviously the second option is far more expensive.

>>16395061
Oh, how much money did we get for our first mission?

So, we're going with the 5-pack of Soldier/Blood pills (5 of each) for 20ryuu. 20 Exploding Tags for 10ryuu.
Let's see what regular storage scrolls are. The fountain one sounds too expensive for now, and we don't have a jutsu that could take advantage of it anyway.

>>16395086

The storage scrolls come at 10 ryuu for one, they're quite difficult to make. Your first mission brought in only 20 ryuu itself.

>>16395091
Scrolls are one-time use, correct?

>>16395120

Yep. That's why Gen has to spend a few days re-writing all of his scrolls after a fight like that one. He's gonna be busy for about a week rewriting the scroll to summon Stormfront again.

After we get all our basics down, I'd like to keep an eye out for vendors that seem less "legit" than others. I'm deliberately looking for goods that are cheap and more likely to harm the user, favoring more towards stuff like fake blood pills and such.

>>16395144
In order to sabotage someone else or enemy shinobi by replacing their equipment with faulty stuff?

As you snoop around the market you are passed along a quick chain of shady merchants and sleazy contacts until you wind up at a woman who wears a wide-brimmed hat and a man's yukata, showing herself as a strong business woman. In a large crate, covered in chains and shinobi tags, she has a few flak jackets, though bloody and badly injured. The only thing of real value she has is a genuine set of Second Shinobi World War armor. It's a little rusty and busted up, but nothing a few loving hours with a smith couldn't fix.

>>16395174
That's part of it. We're a melee specialist with two VERY VERY useful water jutsu- Let's get creative here for a second:
What happens if we lace our hidden mist with a cocktail of sleeping powder and snake poison?
What happens if we put some cyanide in our water clones and tell them to start bearhugging the opponent?
CHEMICAL WARFARE MY FRIENDS, it's the way of the future.

>>16395203
Woah, real shinobi battle armor? Yeah, that could be really useful for us, since we're a melee guy.
How much is she asking?

Also, maybe we should get a flak jacket, since we're a chuunin and should look the part.

>>16395228
Water clones aren't just moving forms of liquid.
Well, they are, but they take our shape and simply require a source of water to be created. They're pretty much solid until they burst.

As for lacing our Hidden Mist with poison, we stay within the mist, as that's the purpose of the mist. Our chakra and ninjitsu knowledge aren't good enough for easy poison neutralization.

>>16395231
She's asking for 100 ryuu. It's both a forbidden item for sale because of the other reason, it's an antique. The armored style of combat faded away because of one, a desire to reduce the warlike samurai-like appearance of shinobi, and two the flak vests have a lot of utility, such as providing protection whilst being light and having a ton of pockets.

>>16395228
All very viable, and very ninja-like options.

>>16395246

Also this man is correct. It's another cool path we could go as a Jonin, however. We've got a lot of options ahead of us, especially when it comes to more Perks and our last Special Ability.

Speaking of which, Skills Perks time after items!

>>16395246
True enough but it's something to work towards. Also I'm digging that armor, how much does it cost?

>>16395253
How forbidden is it? I mean, what kind of repercussions are we looking at here for buying and using the armor?

>>16395228
The problem with cyanide is that it's not a contact poison. It needs to be either ingested or inhaled.

>>16395267
Whoops
>>16395261
>>16395253
If there are no objections let's get that armor. Gotta have that defense.

>>16395295
First we need to know what kind of trouble we could get into with it.

>>16395295
Pretty sure we only earned 20 ryu and this costs 100

>>16395308
We earned 20 from our first mission.
We earned 200 from our mission with Gen against the Jonin.

>>16395327
rgr

>>16395267
>>16395269

The armor rings in at 100 ryuu and it's yours, no questions asked.

Well, as far as repercussions go, you won't be arrested or be visited by Mist Hunters in the night, for example. But armor like that, the ones that remain, were usually owned by powerful or important shinobi, and their legacy or interests are usually keen on seeing it preserved or handled well. If you got the armor of a famous Leaf Nin and you keep up your Leaf Body Count, people will get even more angry at you.

>>16395340
Alright, let's buy it.
That'll leave us with 60 ryo left.
It needs repairs, so how much will that cost?

Also, I think we should get an oversized flak jacket to wear over the armor, to provide us with the extra pockets, and to help hide the true nature of the armor.

>>16395340
Need clarification is it only the leaf and their allies that will be angry or generally everyone?

>>16395379
I think it'll depend on who the armor originally belonged to.
For example, if it was a Sand armor, then Leaf won't care (beyond the fact we're killing Leaf shinobi).

>>16395397
Yeah figured that was it. Needed to make sure.

>>16395379
Mostly Leaf and Leaf allies, but a few older generation shinobi will get upset at seeing a good name tarnished, even if they were a foe. People the world over respect the Sannin, despite many of their villages having bodies stacked high because of their combat skills.

>>16395363
Repairs aren't going to be too bad. With the high trade status of the Land of Water we have a lot of metal workers for ships and bridges, and armorers are easy to find, especially for cheap. The jacket you can talk to the Special Jonin in charge of supplies and armaments about.

>>16395397

Also this.

>>16395414
Alright, let's get the repairs done, talk to the Tokubetsu Jonin about that flack jacket, and keep that woman in mind for future purchases. Maybe she just lucked onto it, or maybe she is actually that good at getting good product.
Bloody flack jackets can be useful too, as distractions and decoys.

>>16395432
The smith sees the armor and scans for any markings, writes everything down and sets to repairs. By nightfall the armor is stripped of its paint and glimmers bright metal, obviously a bad choice for a shinobi. He asks what color you wish to have it painted/dyed.

>>16395414
We're going to take it to a smith regardless, could we have the smith make changes to the armor to make it less distinct? It might be an insult to the village it came from, but who cares? This isn't the second ninja war, and we're not wearing the armor to be a dick. We are using the tools avaliable to us, like any reasonable shinobi would.

>>16395453
He could doctor it for you, after all it's not hard to change metal for a smith. But once he's done fixing and painting it he'll find who the armor belonged to for you.

>>16395450
Maybe a dull gray, so that it can blend in with our Hidden Mist better?

>>16395473
Good choice

>>16395228
How about we combine the two?

Mist clones. Weaker than water clones but take almost nothing to create as long as they stay inside the mist. Kinda like an illusion but without affecting the mind.

>>16395487
And if we do something like that, clone-kawarimi would be also good.

Also, water prison technique. That shit is so useful 1v1.

>>16395473
>>16395477

He nods his assent and returns with a dull gray with white accents and subtle lines to give the illusion of the mist creeping across your body. As he sits down and reads he holds up the book and mentions that what you have is the armor of the First Raikage's brother, a shinobi who was famous for using a massive battle axe. He has a hugely negative sentiment following him in the Hidden Leaf, as they lost many battles in the early wars to this titan until the First Hokage grew a tree from inside the man's stomach when he subtly planted a seed in the man's food the night before. You can see the stress marks on the stomach and neck where the trees wrenched through the man's flesh.

>>16395509
You can actually clone kawarimi now, by blowing a point of determination. That's what Gen does instead of dodging usually. He doesn't trust his Taijutsu to save him.

>>16395516
So if a Leaf shinobi ever recognizes it, it would cause them to concentrate attacks on us. Also, don't let people from the Cloud Village see us wearing this armor.

Let's check in with the quartermaster tokubetsu jonin and get that flack jacket.

>>16395542

The man instantly says that he doesn't have what you're looking for, but when he glances over you again he admits that he could issue you one under a special license. If you were to join a Special Corps or Unit he could issue one as part of your assignment. Normal Chunin are not qualified to just order whatever the hell they want.

Assuming you want to join a Special Corps or Unit there are the following available. Hunters, Medics, Sensors, Communicators, Village Police, and Sensei.

>>16395562
I like our independence, though.

We could always go back to that woman who sold us the armor, buy two of the flak jackets she had, and put them together to make one complete flak jacket.

>>16395562
Interesting, hmmmm well we are only a chunnin but perhaps we should take this opportunity and join a corp? Maybe we could even convince Gen to join up as well as we work so well together. The questions are: shall we do this and which corp shall we join.

>>16395617
She'll probably take a shine to you since you bought her most expensive item in a single sweep. You also didn't hassle her about her gender or try to rip her off.

>>16395625
For this one, it's 100% up to you guys. I won't offer anything but fact on the matter. It's your guys story.

Our independance, whilst good, is somewhat imaginary. We still have to do what we are told and go on missions etc. This way we'll just be more specialized. What do you guys think? Maybe hunters so we get some sweet missions?

>>16395625
My vote would either be with hunters or sensors. A quite dramatic change so early in our ninja career, but legends don't get made by sitting on our ass.

>>16395652
Im voting hunters, sensors sounds good but not active enough. Hunters would also be great experience

>>16395641
I think we should stay independent for now. At least for a few missions.

We already have a kickass armor anyway, who cares about that tacticool jacket?

>>16395641
Yeah, we still have to do what we're told and go on missions as ordered. But by not going into a corps we can still complete missions the way we want to, and having our own customized equipment loadouts instead of being forced into a uniform.

Hunter-nin, are of course, the hardest to get into. A good hunter needs to be a fast and overwhelming killer, we have that, needs to be adaptive and versatile, we've shown that, and needs to be able to perform stealth ops, which we have only slight experience in. Additionally a hunter has to be well learned and able to defeat a varying number of techniques and opponents. Also, being Mist Nin, Hunters have to be willing, ready, and able to kill anyone short of the Mizukage himself if ordered by their immediate superiors.

>>16395674
>a hunter has to be well learned and able to defeat a varying number of techniques and opponents.
This is what worries me. Most hunter-nin seem to be generalists, or at least have good genjutsu and ninjutsu knowledge. We're pretty much specialized in just swinging our sword, and our two main jutsus are geared towards supporting that.

>>16395685
A good example would be this. Kakashi Hatake served in ANBU for years, Itachi served in ANBU. Might Guy spent years kicking peeps in the face.

I'm not sure what we should do. Maybe just stick to what we are doing already for now.

Let's start here. Everyone gets 1 vote. Go for it gentlemen, there is no wrong choice, only a different path in life.

>>16395704
Stay independent for now.
We don't have the ninjutsu or genjutsu to be an effective ANBU/hunter-nin yet. But that's where we'll train to go, since we still want to become one of the Seven Swordsmen.

Voting we don't join a corp. For now lets stick to what we are doing and see what comes up later. This isnt a once in a life time opportunity.

1 for "Stay independent for now, try to join once we get enough experience"

Besides, what would we say if douche asked why we joined? "The flak jackets are cool!"?

Seems to be unanimous no. Ok, so we'll walk on.

Now, let's handle Perks and Skills. We get 6 skill points and 1 Perk.

>>16395725
If for example we trained in Elemental Ninjutsu, would this make the use of our water ninjutsu (like water prison etc etc) more effective/cost less or anything such as that??

>>16395769
It's primarily for accuracy. What you're looking for is the Mastery Perk. It represents familiarity with a technique to improve its effectiveness.

>>16395725
Can we use a perk to acquire a new skill?
And add at least 2 to ninjutsu knowledge.

>>16395773
One other question. Blitz says it requires 5 points. We have 1 perk to add, can we add it or do we need to save until we have 5?

>>16395783
You can just train in skills without using a perk. So long as it makes sense. Obviously you training Tanto Skills doesn't make a huge amount of sense, but if you're reasonable I'm game.

Ok, so we have 4 points left.

>>16395788
Sorry if I wasn't very clear about that. You can spend 3 skill points to snag a perk. You can spend 5 skill points to grab Blitz. If you want to buy Blitz with Perks it will take 2. You cannot buy 1/2 Blitz, but you can save the Perk.

>>16395799

I vote we save a perk so we can get blitz, as a hand to hand guy it would become very useful I think.

We should also spend a point or two on genjutsu

>>16395814
Why not spend a point on Genjutsu, spend three to aquire a perk and then both perks on Blitz?

>>16395817
Yeah Im ok with this. So thats 2 votes for this option

>>16395814

I assume you mean Genjutsu Knowledge, so we have a better shot at protecting ourselves. So that leaves us 2 points.

1 to greatsword wieldan
2 to ninjutsu counteratackan (knowledge)
2 to water jutsu use
1 to taijutsu knowledge
Use perk to obtain Water Prison, if we cant get it for free.

>>16395828

Or there's that plan of action. I see 2 voices. I know there's a voice 3, I doubt there are more.

>>16395829
Indeed this is what I meant however changing my vote to >>16395817

Going to start using a name to make it easier on you keeping track of votes. My comments were>>16395839
>>16395828

>>16395817
Is me, and yes I meant knowledge

>>16395831
Holyshit 4 people.

>>16395839
So 3 for that course? Looks like Blitz is ours. We now move at glorious Speed Rank 2. So masterful is our speed that lesser shinobi cannot react properly against us, imposing a -1 penalty to all rolls directly opposing us. Additionally we can now cross insane distances, those distances being (Taijutsu+Shinobi Movement)*2 in a move action and double that as a full round action. That's without shunshin. WITH shunshin we move double our run distance.

No idea what a blitz is but it sounds good.

3 skill points + 1 Perk = 1 Blitz
1 Greatsword Use
1 Genjutsu Knowledge
1 Ninjitsu Knowledge

>>16395859
Hell yes.

>>16395860
Blitz- your base Speed Rank increases. Unlike other Perks this one costs 5 points per rank. For example to move from Speed Rank 1, the normal for shinobi, to Speed Rank 2, it would cost 5 points. To go from Speed Rank 2 to Speed Rank 3 it would cost 10 points, and so on. This is the Speed Rank you always can move at with no cost to your chakra pool or fatigue. As such only Chunin can increase their Speed Rank and that is limited to 2. Jonin can only reach Speed Rank 4 base and can never go higher without temporary boosts.

>>16395869
Here is some info:

http://pastebin.com/BZQ5C7e0

One point in gen and nin knowledge then? Hells yes we cut while we cut.

>>16395873
Sounds good.

>>16395863
So I think with that we have Greatsword 5, which means we're maxed out on Greatsword. That entitles us the Greatsword Master Perk, for free :D. It means any time, at the cost of 1 Determination we can negate a 10 that shows up on our rolls. The only limit is to our determination. Additionally, for our devoted training of our swordcraft, enhance either Dedication or Taijutsu permanently by 1 point. Since Taijutsu is capped for us, it has to be Dedication.

So we're at Nin Knowledge 3, I think, Gen Knowledge 1, Tai Knowledge 2, Greatsword 5, Shinobi Movement 4. We're filling out well, Jonin is not too far out of our reach.

>>16395885
We are going to be one badass fearsom Jonin one day. I can see it all now. :D

>>16395885
Just need another few missions under our belt. I also admit to liking the idea of being like Guy with a sword. Also if we get a summon what would it be?

>>16395859
>>16395869

Also, on the matter of Speed Ranks, since we're getting up there. Despite moving at that speed we can't see opponents moving at that speed unless we ourselves are in motion. Additionally, moving any faster without a Perk to help us will give us tunnel vision. Lastly, some Kekkei Genkai can see you as if you were moving normally despite your higher speed. Sharingan, Byakugan, some other ones that will show up, these all possess Speed Sight X.

>>16395891
Getting a summoning contract would require a side-quest. You're promised a contract at the end, but if you don't like it, you can embark on another one. During this time you will retain all Skills and Perk Xp gained.

>>16395885
Unless we got an extra point of Ninjutsu somewhere, our new ninjutsu knowledge score should be 2 since we only spent 1 point on it.

Are ya up for another mission then OP?

>>16395899
So what now? Perhaps go for a wander around town? Or see if there are some contract available for us?

[Am enjoying this, the first ever game I have participated in.]

>>16395906
Ah, thought I started us at 2, my bad!

Also, I need to grab some shut eye, as yesterday, I'll be back in about 6 hours, so hang tight everyone, feel free to chat, explore the book, and come up with questions. If you want other characters to join in the story, please, draft them! I would love to have people enjoy and help me flesh out the system.

Will you be introducing a leech girl, OP?
I came up with few signature tecniques, like:
Leech Kiss, which might be initiated on grapple (or while enemy is under effect of genjutsu) and reqires Chakra rolls opposed to Ninjutsu Roll+bloodline mastery, and depending on successes injures, wounds or outright kills oppoponent.
Leech+Swapm themed genjutsu which destroys some of the enemy chakra pool, if he isnt aware of it.
And ultimate bloodline skill - absorbing chakra from enemy ninjutsu, though its gonna put you in injured state, while negatin this ninjutsu.

>>16395924
See you in 6 hours. thanks for the game.

>>16395932
Absolutely! I saw that and responded positively, didn't get a chance to really pursue it yesterday. Today, however, I will have a better shot at introducing her. I'd be happy to add her as our new partner for this next mission.

>>16395924
Will Genpachi also be getting skillpoints and perks as well?
We seem to be using him as an AI/OP-controlled character; do we want to control his development, or leave that to you?

>>16395935
Happy to entertain, thank you for playing.

>>16395942
Up to you guys, come to a consensus as I sleep. Whatever you want, I'll obey. But unless we get a buncha peeps, he will remain under my control.

Is there any way to increase Chakra Pool via Perks?

>>16395949
Yes, and I completely neglected to include it. Deep Reserves of Chakra just slipped my mind. Gives you 2 more chakra to your pool.

Hope we get more people in on the game. More ideas are always great. Whoever actually is playing or even just reading along, go share the link with people who may enjoy it and vote it up in the archive if you're enjoying it.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=five%20nations

On the topic of Gen, hmmmm, customizing him ourselves would be fun but I don't mind either way.

Well what do people want him to do? I kinda want specialisation on power and application with just the minimum of knowledge and then go from jonin to member of the seven swords.

>>16395991
For our main guy yeah, aiming for the seven swords is the plan, what about Gen though, we know he is a tactics guy and a long range scroll user. Do we have any long term plans for him? Keep in mind we have a genjutsu user coming into the party soon. Looks like we will have a powerful team.

>>16396243
Maybe try to carve out a niche as a specialised assassination trio?

>>16396341
Sounds like a very fun idea. Maybe we could eventually end up with out own unit in the hunter-nin corp once we are skilled enough.

>>16396355
our*

For reference, here's Gen's character sheet:
Injury: 3/6/12
Taijutsu: 3
Ninjutsu: 8
Genjutsu: 5
Chakra: 6
Determination: 3
Chakra Pool: 8

Feats-
Master Tactician
Intelligent Chakra Management

Skills-
Infiltration: 2
Shinobi Movement: 3
Deception: 2
Ninjutsu Knowledge: 3
Water Style Talent: 2
Tactics: 3
Fuujutsu Knowledge: 2
Medical Techniques: 1

Unique Abilities:
Hidden in Plain Sight - For a point of Determination, can subsume his chakra and make it extrememly difficult to detect. -1 dice pool penalty to detect user; rises to -2 if another shinobi's chakra is prevasive in the area.

Metal Storm - For a point of Determination, can use chakra to control and increase the power of scrolls, up to the number of Ninjutsu. Can be used in conjunction with Hidden in Plain Sight without penalties to non-detection.

Jutsu:
Water Clone
Hidden Mist

I'm not sure if his Stormfront is a Summon or a Signature Technique.

So, proposed level-up, assuming the same Skillpoint and Perk reward:
+2 Kunai Use (gives him a melee in case something gets close to him)
+1 Tactics
+1 Fuujutsu Knowledge
+2 Ninjutsu Knowledge

This maxes his Ninjutsu Knowledge, which should give him an attribute increase, if Shima's Greatsword Use hitting rank 5 was any indication.

Perk: Deep Reserves
Gen is pretty dependent on Chakra for his attacks, so increasing his reserves sounds like a good idea.

>>16396875
Kunai Use is good for range, but Tanto or Wakizashi would be better for actual melee combat.

Also, while it looks like we're going to have a team of 3 (Shima, Gen, Aya), Kirigakure normally operates teams of 2. I suppose we'll be an exception, then?

>>16397855
I agree on both points. But hey, its usually the exceptions that create the legendes right?

I was thinking, generally speaking with unique abilities we basically come up with our own ideas yes? And as long as they are within reason they can possibly be created at some point?

If thats the case I have an idea for a potential unique ability. Whether it is used or not I don't mind but I thought I'd share: So we have some amount of control over water; how about an ability to creat a group of water spears the strike out from pools of water (or the air if its humid enough?) into the enemy. Does that seem plausible and useful?

>>16398202
Plausible.
To get a unique ability, we need to go up to Jonin rank. Or we could use 3 skill points or a Perk to make it into a Signature Technique.
The difference is whether we want to use Determination or Chakra in order to fire it off.
In the case of what you're suggesting, I think it better if we get it as a Signature Technique, and have it fueled by Chakra, because then one of our Water Clones could fire it while we press an attack with our greatsword.
You can bring it up when we next get some skillpoints.

>>16397855
Actually if we keep leech girl unknown that could be used to our advantage. Enemies work under the misconeption that there's but two of us then BAM genjutsu or bloodline limited.

>>16396875
Sounds very smart. Btw, you can use kunai in melee but you have to go out of your way to get the oversized one, like Kakashi uses, to not suffer penalties. Anyway, Gen is all finished out with that, I'll give him a new jutsu, and the day looks good for us to begin anew. What should we do?

Was there any other shopping we wanted? I think we'ed picked up everything, so shall we check on Gen?

>>16398292
I think we were switching the Kunai Use to Wakizashi Use or some other short sword.

As for what to do, let's hit up that lady that sold us the armor. See how much she's selling those flak jackets for. If nothing else, we can sew parts of a jacket onto the armor to hide it.

>>16398321
Good point forgot about the jackets.

>>16398292
I have been awake far too long. Yes, lets buy some old jackets from the woman. Maybe we can get a discount this time?

>>16398342
>>16398321
>>16398317

Alright, you make your way back to the woman who recognizes you and sells you both jackets at the listed price of one. You pick up two battered flak jackets, both of them thankfully from the same village. However, they are Konoha jackets, dark green to match the forest.

>>16398403
Basically we aim to piss off Kotonoha as much as possible it seems, what with the armor and now the jackets...

>>16398426
Lol weeeelllllp, you know you are doing it right when people hate you for it. The armor though has been changed, hopefully enough so that it was piss people off

>>16398403
Hmm...well, 1 would be okay to keep almost as is, for passing through forests. The other, I suppose we could either try to get dyed a new color, or keep it loose so that it can be removed quickly when we need to hide in mist.
Either way, unless we want to try learning how to sew, we'll need to hit up a tailor.

OP, how are we doing on funds?

>>16398444
wont piss people off**

alcohol mistakes

>>16398444
Aside from the Sharingan and the Bayakyugan (atrocious spelling I know) are there any eyes which would mesh well with swordsmaning? If so I vote we grab a pair.

>>16398461
Both are neede to make our extra large vest to wear over the armor. We need to dye them I'd say. That shouldn't be expensive. Afterwards I think it's time to report in and do a mission

OOC: It seems we have more people on board. This pleases me greatly.

ZAW. NteerReg ...... my thoughts exactly captcha

>>16398474
Well gray seems to be our signature colour what with the mists and the armor so we may as well stick with that.

>>16398461

I think we're down to 50 left, if I remember correct. We had 60 post purchases and the smith cost us 10. The tailor is only going to run you five, both to repair the jackets and recover the second one and make it the drab gray of the Hidden Mist village.

Now let's review what armor does. In addition to being a flat out reduction to all damage inbound, your armor can also help you in melee if you choose to evade. If you nominate to evade Rank+Shinobi Movement testing Taijutsu, and you fail by a margin of one, you can reduce any result you rolled by 2, to a minimum of 2. For example, you roll 8, 3, 9, 9. Your Taijutsu is 7, (I know it's not but for example), we need to bump that 8 down and turn it into a 6, boom, success.

>>16398471

Not that are well known, the Sage of Six Paths, the founder of ninjutsu far in the past, had a legendary set of eyes called the Rin'negan, but that was over a hundred years ago. Kekkei Genkai of the eyes seem to be centered around Konoha as they are all mutated strains of the original, the Byakugan.

>>16398497
Okay, so the tailor can open up the jackets a bit so that we can wear them over the armor, right?

I believe that's all of it then, and agree with >>16398474
and their suggestion to hit up the job boards and look for a mission.

>>16398508
Looks like we need to find a head of the family then...

Let's grab a couple (2) storage scrolls as well. They're kinda pricey, and the odds are against us running into someone else with funky eyes soon, but you never know, and hell... even if we don't want to use both ourselves (because of the chakra drain on grafted Sharingan, for example), we could probably sell the other off for a lordly sum. Or sell both off for two lordly sums.

Does this sound okay to other people?

Oh, also, this isn't exactly something we can shop for, but we should keep our eyes open for opportunities to get some sort of legendary sword. Gotta have a shiny choppa, roight?

As a future upgrade for our flak jacket we could invest in having the extra pockets and such padded with fabrics like shag, which happens to be really great at retaining water. It's always helpful to have your element close at hand.

>>16398555
If we have the cash I agree with having a storage scoll or two, we've already missed an opportunity for special eyes to be stolen. Lets not be caught so unprepared next time.

>>16398555
Great idea. I just want both eyes so we can wear two eye patches, after all in this universe the more unique your appearance the more powerful you are.

>>16398574
>>16398555
We already bought one, and were planning on using it to store water, but I suppose we could buy another one and just not store water in either one.

You have a point about being prepared to take valuable kekkei genkai in future missions.

Hey can you knock people out and store them in scrolls? Could be useful.

>>16398608
Ah yeah, you are right. Well one more can't hurt. Store water in the ones that we originally said we would but for the extra one lets keep it clean, just in case.

>>16398638
That's an interesting question. I think if the person in question is dead, then yes. No transporting live people. When someone's dead they become an object.

>>16398647
>>16398596
>>16398574
So you snag yourselves another scroll, this time being able to bald faced lie to the merchant that you bought the other one here too.

As you leave a book catches your eye, "The Bingo Book". Higher level shinobi of all ranges of difficulty and strength are found in this book, and it also gives you an entry to the Bounty-Hunter sub-mission group. The tag is pretty hefty at 20 ryuu for the book, but they do promise the next one free if you show up at the merchant with this same copy next year.

Shall we check on Gen now then? Skip ahead to next event?

>>16398679
I say we buy it, it could come in handy.

>>16398679
Get it! We can more easily identify people with interesting bits to snatch and bounties, win-win

Starting Money: 220 Ryo
WSW2 Armor - 100 Ryo
Fix Armor - 10 Ryo
5/5 Blood/Soldier Pill combo pack - 20 Ryo
20 Exploding Tags (some assembly required) - 10 Ryo
Tailor to fix jackets - 5 Ryo
2 Storage Scrolls - 20 Ryo
Total Cost: 165
Money Left: 55

>>16398679
How much did the flack jackets cost us?

I assume not too much, so we should have enough money left to pick up the Bingo Book. It'll also let us know when we're way over our head and should bug out.

>>16398716
Watching veteran konoha oldfags rage when/if they recognize the armor: PRICELESS

>>16398693
>>16398699

With our funds sitting pretty at 30 ryuu, but leaving the market-place a much better equipped shinobi, we head up to the military district of town where Academy students are running long difficult runs through the village with heavy packs on their back, being forced to alternate between runs and jumps with a Chunin teacher yelling them on. However, despite the strain the young boys and girls and laughing with one another.

The Genin you can see, however, have completely abandoned all friends, their hands are stained with blood from the battle royale implemented by the current Mizukage. What few Chunin are available wear the flak jacket and headband and take all shapes and sizes. Lastly, though it is difficult, you see about two or three Jonin who are actually in town and not on missions.

The Tobeketsu Jonin in charge of mission dispatching is waiting for you, checks you in off the medical leave lists, and immediately finds a mission for you. One of the nearby lands has sent out a request for a pair of shinobi. He says that Gen already checked in and dispatched on a B-Rank Classified mission. This mission is a B-Ranked Open mission. You are to travel to the Land of Hot Water, a small strip of land on the coast of the mainland that is little more than a puppet town for the Hidden Mist. Rumors of bandit attacks lead by a shinobi are coming to the Mizukage and the Lord of that Land finally saved enough money to buy your services.

>>16398716
Follow this guy's accounting. Thank for that, by the way.

So do put ourselves odwn as interested and do some research while waiting for a partner for this mission?

>>16398737
Konoha oldfags - rage for desecrating armor and flack jackets that belonged to Konoha chuunin.
Kumo oldfags - rage for desecrating the armor of one of their greatest shinobi

Yeah, we're going to be a big flashing "FUCK YOU" sign to the rest of the shinobi world.
>Kirigakure-COMEATMEBRO.jpg

>>16398748
Put us down as interested, looking for group.

>>16398790
He notes your interest and tells you that a messenger will find you if you get a partner. In the meantime, he suggests, perhaps you could do some merc work if you're strapped for money by helping someone around the village. The Bingo Book also seems to hum against your back at the mention of free-time.

Now that we're between missions we get to introduce another element, leisure time activities. You aren't always at war, you will have regular downtime. What you do with that time reflects on your stats.

For now we have-

Train (Gen, Nin, Tai)
Learn Tech (Gen, Nin, Tai)
Unique Training (Training towards certain Perks)
Read (Bingo Book and get it memorized.)
Search (For Bounty Hunting work, mercenary missions)
Idle (Do what the hell you want.)

Updated accounting (sorry, I forgot the Bingo Book in the other post)
Starting Money: 220 Ryo
WSW2 Armor - 100 Ryo
Fix Armor - 10 Ryo
5/5 Blood/Soldier Pill combo pack - 20 Ryo
20 Exploding Tags (some assembly required) - 10 Ryo
2 flak jackets (Konoha-pattern, 2 for 1 discount) - 5 Ryo
Tailor to fix jackets - 5 Ryo
2 Storage Scrolls - 20 Ryo
Bingo Book (current, free annual updates) - 20 Ryo
Total Cost: 190
Money Left: 30

>>16398829
Learn Tech: Water Prison Technique.

Okay, so I don't quite know how ooc it'd be to ask this but- What's the tech level of the five nations? Has it flourished without Bijuu to hinder progress? Has the relative "peace" that comes with no giant chakra monsters tearing everyone new holes caused stagnation in the pursuit of science? I ask because in the normal narutoverse they've got stuff like tv/video security, electricity, and even cars if I remember correctly. What's changed between these two worlds?

>>16398858
Agree'd if possible

>>16398868
Good question.
Also, what about the moon? The Sage of Six Paths created the Moon to house the body of the Ten-Tails; is the Moon still here, and just a regular natural celestial body?

>>16398868
The lack of Bijuu as a stabilizing factor has actually decreased technology. A lot more money and national focus goes into the cycle of war and preparing for war leaving little for recreational sciences. However, short-range radios do exist, motors exist, electricity and in-door plumbing is still around, but the TV sets aren't, we still rely on summons or shinobi for long-range communications at high speeds.

As for each individual nation you'll find them at about the same with the exception of the Hidden Stone village which is one of the wealthier ones.

>>16398858
>>16398869
We begin learning the Water Style: Water Prison jutsu. In our time practicing we meet a fellow Chunin who seems to be learning the same thing. You share notes and because of this you not only learn a jutsu but you make a new friend. This shinobi is named Misato Hideki, and he is a Genjutsu specialist. He mentions to you as you both sit down for some soba outside a shop after training that his last mission was a flop when he let his target escape because his Water Clone broke and he was forced to seriously wound the target, reducing his pay, that's why he's learning the Water Prison. He also says that he's trying to find a good mission to join or a partner to work with. On the whole he is a reasonable and thoughtful human, even paying for your meal, but he doesn't seem to be the most powerful shinobi in the world.

>>16398894
The moon is just a regular celestial body. I know that's a bit anti-climactic, but reflecting your Sharingan eye off the moon was where I threw the towel in once and for all with the manga.

>>16398923
Actually, I think that long-range transmissions and telegraph/telephones would have been developed just as much as a military tool, if there's constant war preparation going on. Fast communication and transfer of information is an incredibly powerful weapon in war, after all.

As for taking this guy on the mission...I'm not sure.

Lets not partner with him then, we've been held back before and shall never let that happen to us again. Though keeping in contact with him could be fine, just as a more social kinda thing.

>>16398981
>>16398972

A messenger arrives to you a week later, your grasp over the Water Prison good but still not enough where it's bullet-proof. He mentions that the mission you requested was ready, but that there also is a more urgent mission, an A-Ranked mission can't get off the ground because it's short one member and the squadron is looking for someone with your specs. You'll be rolling with Jonin for this one, taking on a top-level mission.

>>16398923
May not be the strongest, true. But Genjutsu users are always helpful to have with you on a mission. I don't know if he's ready for the b rank misson, but it's worth having a training partner to hone our skills with. I'd stay in contact with him.

>>16399022
Now this is more like it, great risks great reward and team mates who will most likely view us as green.

>>16399022
A-Rank? Rolling with Jonin?
It'll be rough, but I think we can take it. Might as well put all of our prep work to use.

Wait might want to find out what sort of mission it is first...

Also, if that B-Rank mission is still open when we come back, I think we should take it with Misato. Not because we need the money, or because it'll be a challenge, but as an opportunity to work on our genjutsu and ninjutsu. We're aiming for ANBU, so just sword skill won't be enough.

>>16399022
Sounds like our kinda deal, let's get our mission briefing on.

Also, captcha tells me to beware of a foreigner- tionsii of Shebaniah, be that a country or organization yet undiscovered I could not say. Caution would be advised should we accept the a rank mission.

>>16399045
>>16399036
>>16399053

This is called a Conflict of Interest mission. There's a large shipment of military supplies moving through a civilian area. As such we can't deploy large-scale ground forces outside of our village, however these good are meant for us. The team is assembled to counter a team of enemy shinobi who will be going to sabotage our shipment and claim neutrality since it was done by unknown forces in a neutral area. We captured an agent from their organization weeks in the past and had Interrogation rip his mind up to find this out. It's going to be a four on four brawl, Jonin level, but not High-Jonin level. The melee specialist for this team fell ill with a rather serious sickness and so your name came up as the only one who would possibly have the chops for this mission and who was both in town and ready for service.

>>16398596
Yes, unique appearance. We also want a sweet nickname eventually, though we have less control over that.

Knowing /tg/, we're probably going to end up known as Cloudkill. Lol dnd. It works on multiple levels, too

On the team there is a Genjuts/Tactics specialist, a Ninjutsu/Summoner, and a Medic/Sensor. That gives you the role of Melee specialist/secondary sensor.

Well, if we come out of this alive, the benefits should be great.

>>16399115
>>16399128
Alright. Let's meet up with the team we're going to be rolling with.
Keep in mind that they're more experienced than us, and presumably they've got a plan already set up. Learn that plan, see where we fit in it.

We act as a cool operator who's gonna operate.

DO IT also if they get pissed about the armour then we already know who they are, great benefit.

>>16399167
>>16399135
>>16399171

You arrive at the designated meeting place after hastily scrawling your explosive tags out and bringing three of them with you, rolled up inside one your jacket pouches. Once you arrive you analyze the room and recognize a few of the faces. The medic is Yuki Endo, one of the three medics in the world who actually are in the Bingo Book as A or S-Ranked shinobi. You do not recognize the Genjutsu specialist, a wide-grinning man with sharp-teeth, as all men in this village seem to have. He wears a sharp pair of sunglasses and wears a heavy trenchcoat over his flak jacket. The ranged specialist is none other than Kisame Hoshigaki of the Seven Swords, his mammoth Samehada rests on his back as he looks over the team. When he sees you coming he gives his famous chuckle and speaks, "So....this is the melee specialist, eh? Looks like we're in good hands. It's a pleasure to meet you." As always he is famed for his politeness and he bows his head to you. Yuki stands up and announces, "Everyone, we're moving in five minutes. Get your gear ready. Intell tells us we're fighting Iwagakure shinobi, so be ready to jump a lot. Lord Kisame, I trust Lord Mizukage informed you about your special role here." The sharkman only served to chuckle as he leaned forward and stood up, towering above all others in the room.

>>16399229

Try not to squee and fanboy about and just prep up like normal.

>>16399229
Raise our hand at this point.
"As the melee specialist and secondary sensor, are there any particulars of the operation that I should be aware of?"

>>16399229
Well.

So can we get a location on the cargo? It's important to know where we're going to be fighting- flat plains, dense forests, etc... We need to have some idea of when and where the ambush will come.

>>16399266

"I'm not sure what level of shinobi combat you've ever been in before, so I'll give you the quickest run-down imaginable. High level shinobi warfare is a game of parries and ripostes. Going on full offenses is a great way to die and throw away invaluable tool to the village. We need to be surgical and precise. That means we need to put their eyes out first. The enemy sensor is the key to defeating them, as it usually is. Between the two of us we should be able to find any sensors and work together to disable them. If we can deny a unit their sensor, be it lethally or non-lethally, we have a huge edge, as now the enemy is forced to fall for our advanced tactics." She said quickly and spoke, "We will cover the plan more in depth in the middle of the fight, Kaji!" She snapped as the man who was leaning back in his chair rose and saluted, "Yes boss-lady!"

The casual looking man grins again and speaks, "I can enter your mind and speak to you, mind to mind, as I can with the entire time. This is an advanced pseudo-Genjutsu I place on the whole team that myself, Hunters, and the Mizukage can dispel. This serves a dual purpose of being irremovable by the foes and keeping tabs on you if you defect. You have to submit to this if you work with us." he said and extends his left hand with has a smiley face tattooed on the palm.

>>16399300

From the map laid out on the table it seems the fight is expect to take place in a generally flat and open area, the worst part of the trip, and the part where the caravan needs you the most. The only cover you ever get is from a sheer clifface to your left-hand side for about a mile and a half.

>>16399312
We'll submit to it then, seems the professional thing to do, also Kisame is the ranged specialist and we've got an A/S ranked Medic nin we might need to be extra careful here..

>>16399312
"Understood."

Submit to the genjutsu.

Oh god the ' ranged specialist' could school the fuck out of us in melee.

speaking of schooling, if this mission makes us look really good, we should try to train with him. nothing like training with monsters to increase our badass rating

>>16399334
>>16399335

As soon as his hand comes into contact with your forehead you feel his chakra probing at your skull, a feeling you uneasily let into your mind.

However, once he removes his hand you hear and understand thoughts as quickly as you understand your own. With this system in place you can receive large amounts of information at ludicrous speeds and process it almost as quickly as you can your own thoughts.

"Don't worry, after this mission we'll clear you of the Genjutsu, Lord Mizukage seems to have taken a shine to you." Kisame says with a chuckle as you all form up and depart out the window, burning the map in the fireplace as you leave. Travel with these individuals is extremely fast, they don't stop to relaunch themselves for as many as twenty to twenty five trees. You, however, take about forty trees before you need to relaunch yourself. In transit she informs you about the various ins and outs of everyone's techniques.

In addition to her medical skills and tracking she is a Kaguya, the last female Kaguya in the world. She keeps her bone-skills quiet from the rest of the village, but she, this team, and the Mizukage are aware and use her as a loyal and valued military asset. As such she informs you to worry about her safety last, it's hard to kill a Kaguya.

Kaji is called the Whirlpool of the Mist because of the power of his genjutsu and his sealing jutsu which can lock a man's chakra system up entirely. He is fairly quick and reliable, though no amazing shakes in hand to hand, he is at least at the low-Chunin level.

Kisame needs little introduction. He's a monster in a man's skin. His chakra reserves are legendary and he can create large sums of water out of raw chakra. As a result he will be supporting you with his Baksuishouha, his Water Explosion, which will turn even the most open area into a shallow lake for a while. Once there is water he can support you with hand-to-hand and summons.

>>16399352
Well the problem is we'd have to survive the sadist. Remeber just because he's polite doesn't mean he sees us as anything other then amusing small fry.

>>16399398
Inform them of our specialization in flooding an area with Mist from our clones, and using synchronized attacks.
Don't want the mist to come as a surprise, but since they're all Kiri-nin, I doubt it.

>>16399430
Kisame is naturally well-versed in using the mist, but Yuki is quick to remind you that despite our common village origin only the Seven Swordsmen are truly adjusted to fighting in the mist without failure. As such she would recommend you deploy it upon the enemy and not as a general defense/opening move.

>>16399441
Acknowledge her orders.
If this is the case, I don't think we should use the Hidden Mist jutsu much in this op. Us and Kisame would be fine, but we'd be blinding the other two.

Once deployed, can we control the mist so that it stays localized around a specific target?

How do we look like exactly?

Just wonderin'.

>>16399492

For the most part, the mist stays generally in the area, replacing itself, where it was summoned unless blown away by a strong Fuuton jutsu.

>>16399508
Facially we never described, but as far as gear goes...

You catch a glimpse of yourself in a puddle as you shoot over it. You stand roughly 5" 11" and have a lean but healthy physique. You wear the standard shinobi sandals of your village and have a skintight cloth outfit as your bottom-most layer. Above that you wear your prize suit of Second Shinobi World War Armor and over that you wear a large-sized flak jacket, gray for your vilage, but without the defining shoulder pads that your comrades wear, instead yours has the raised neck-guard of the Leaf shinobi.

>>16399538
Are we wearing pants? That's kinda important.

Also, we need a hairstyle. I'm having a hard time stopping myself from suggesting curly and silver/white to go with our mist theme.

Also, black would make more sense in general.

Hmm...we could use the mist to create a buffer between the sensors we're targeting, and the other enemy shinobi.

Since Endo has said that taking out enemy sensors takes priority, we should probably try to gang up 2 on 1 when we detect them.

In short order you arrive at the crossroads where the caravan is waiting. Yuki briefly orders the caravan to set off and in short order they are moving their horse-drawn carts down the road at a brisk pace. The non-shinobi guards look you guys up and down with a mixture of awe and questioning challenge. They wonder what the difference is between a shinobi and a man, but know that this isn't the time to find out.

Time passes slowly as you all spend most of your time walking, except for Yuki, who spends her time sensing, her eyes closed and hands together as she scans the area for any foreign chakra signatures. It isn't for almost two hours before she rises and says, "Four shinobi have shown up, heading our direction from the south at high speeds." Your caravan is west-bound.

Kaji and Yuki stand side by side with Kisame between them and back about ten feet. You stand in the front of the ground.

The whistle of kunai fills the air as you instinctively raise your sword to deflect them Yuki calls out, "They're tagged! Move!" With her guidance its easy to get out of the way and when the explosions kick up dust Kisame rears back and spews forth a small ocean of water, the shock of it blowing back the targets that were going to land in their smoke. "They're disoriented. You can strike now, try to take out the sensor! He's the one with the bandana."

(Ok, let's roll some combat!)

>>16399571

The skintight includes a lower body portion and the armor goes down to our legs as I showed in the picture of the dude in the blue armor, the Second Hokage, earlier in this thread.

Launch blade for a quick kill?

rolled 3, 8, 7, 10, 6, 2, 6, 6 = 48

>>16399614
Target the sensor, get behind him, and attack.
Rank + 5 Greatsword.

>>16399651
8 whopping successes. If you blow 1 Determination, to negate the 10, you get a Critical Success and deal double damage.

>>16399663
I see no possible downsides, lets do that and prove our worth!

>>16399663
Do it! FINISH HIM!

>>16399685
>>16399683

Determination to 5, since ours currently stands at 6.

The blade swings down and the force of the blow makes the water explode around you and your target as you slice him straight in half. Both pieces fall over and you get the feeling this is where your skill truly lies.

Now that you're in enemy territory they react to your presence, trying to capitalize on your being here. One sprouts massive fists of stone and swings at you, as you get the sense that one blow could probably kill you. However, because of your speed you weave easily and evade it. The other figure throws up a huge wall of stone behind them, putting their backs oddly up against a wall. Lastly one of them draws a handful of explove tags and hurls them up in the air and at you, ready to set them off.

(Rank+Shinobi Movement to GTFO those bombs.)

rolled 7, 1, 4, 5, 1, 8, 6 = 32

>>16399736
Rank 3 + Movement 4.
Does our Speed Rank 2 get factored in, or is that just a -1 to the enemy dice pool?

Can't find our stats since we've upgraded them anyone know?

>>16399750

Nice Extra Successes. You not only gtfo but give a parting toss of your own explosive tag, hitting one of them square in the face and blowing his face off. The man sets off his tags and all four of them are little more than pieces of men now.

"Strange." Kisame says as he relaxes, but Yuki calls out, "Incoming!" Atop the raised stone area stands five men now, all of them wearing white masks with blue paint streaked across it. They are wearing black flak jackets, black boots, black armor, giving total anonmity. From their body types however you can see this. One of them is tall and fat, two of them are of average height, one has a long blond ponytail, the other has a spiky black ponytail. The other two men are shorter than their fellow men. One man has a neat curtain of black hair, and the other one has a shock of silver hair pointing off to the left. They all stand atop the rocks and watch you before one speaks, "I was hoping those Iwa-nin would give you more trouble, but it looks like you were sent by the Mizukage himself. Quite a good team." The voice is calm and deep, the voice of a man and a father. You can feel something odd, one of the pairs of eyes peering out from the mask captures your eyes and you see too late the spin of red and black, the Sharingan Eye.

Your perception fades to a vast and seemingly endless room, empty and hollow. Everything is reverse colored, like a picture negative.

Suddenly the illusion breaks as Yuki touches your back and stops the genjutsu. Exhaustion hits you and makes you breathe out hard. This is a whole other category of foe.

(And now off to work I go)

>>16399848
Oh fuck. High-class Jonin, possibly ANBU level.
And they outnumber us.

Shit just got real.

>>16399896
Ned character named characters every where...

>>16399902
>>16399902
>Named damnit
Those seem to be the adult version of the ino-cho-shika trio and guy and kakashi...I hope I'm wrong.

>>16399405
>Well the problem is we'd have to survive the sadist. Remeber just because he's polite doesn't mean he sees us as anything other then amusing small fry.
Yep, hanging around him is probably stupid and crazy.

Which is why I think it could be like our version of Maito Gai's insane training.

"Yosh! I will cleave 100 boulders in two with my sword... using my off hand! And if I cannot do that, I will drink 10 beers... with Hoshigaki Kisame!"

1) Insane training
2) Become the beautiful steel beast of mist
3) ???
4) Gray jumpsuits everywhere!

>>16399916
I think it actually might be worse than that. Yes, really.

>>16400155
I like your Ideas and shall subscribe to your newsletter if possible.
HOW could it be worse though? It could be a Sanin I suppose i.e. Jaraiya or if we're really unlikely it could be the origional silver fang of Kotonoha, in which case game over man, game over.

>I think it actually might be worse than that. Yes, really.

Probably not, actually. I just have an instinctive fear of black ponytails.

It's still 5 dudes, any of which could probably kick our ass, and 3 of which definitely have superb teamwork.

Anyway, since it was a bit ambiguous, did we get hit with that genjutsu from a single Sharingan, or a pair? (It's still "oh fuck" either way, but it may be slightly different levels of "oh fuck".)

We're just a Chuunin. ;_; Though, if we survive we'll be a Special Jounin in no time*. :D

* Or a special guest of Konoha's T&I department.

>>16400304
Sooo soldier pill, then stab someone and then hide behind Kisame?

>>16400463
>Sooo soldier pill, then stab someone and then hide behind Kisame?

Something like that. If we want to do anything useful here we're going to have to be sneaky, lucky, and opportunistic as fuck. Fortunately, we have a while to think before the quest resumes, I believe.

Pic not related. Mostly.

Start with popping out several clones, Mist + Boomerang Swords fucking everywhere.

Also, do we have an up-to-date character sheet anywhere?

>>16402177
Here you are:
Shimaru Yamada, Chunin
Injury: 8/16/32
Taijutsu: 8
Ninjutsu: 6
Genjutsu: 3
Chakra: 3
Determination: 6
Chakra Pool: 8

Feats-
Vigorous Chakra System: Use Taijutsu instead of Chakra Control stat for Chakra Pool.
Advanced Chakra Detection: You can sense chakra easily and naturally, without using a chakra control roll.

Skills-
Greatsword Skills: 5
Shinobi Movement: 4
Taijutsu Knowledge: 2
Ninjutsu Knowledge: 3
Water Style Talent: 4
Martial Arts: 2

Perks:
Greatsword Master
Blitz (Speed Rank 2)

Unique Abilities:
Willow's Whisper: Parry a melee attack, counterattack, and grapple an opponent at the cost of 1 point of Determination.

Eyes in the Mist: Allows for sensing of people's chakra within our mist, even if they're invisible, hidden, or otherwise supposed to be undetectable. All enemies take -1 Dice Pool Penalty due to the oppressive feeling of being in our mist, and we can Shinobi Movement to them for free if they attempt to use a technique.

Techniques:
Water Dragon (C:1, R:7, D: N+2)
Shunshin (C:1, R:5, D:-)
Hidden Mist (C:1,R:6B,D:-)
Water Clone (C: X+1, R:-, D:-)
Iron Wind (C:1,R:5,D:-)

Inventory:
Greatsword
World Shinobi War 2 Armor
5/5 Blood/Soldier Pill combo pack
17 Exploding Tags (some assembly required)
2 Exploding Tags (ready)
1 flak jacket (Konoha-pattern, large)
1 flak jacket (Konoha-patter, Kiri colors, large)
2 Storage Scrolls
Bingo Book

Oh, and on the off chance that this survives till OP comes back at around midnight: this thread is now in auto-sage.

>>16403382

No no, I'm keeping this alive. I'm home, let's do this sucker!

>>16403262
Thanks for updating the character list.

I don't think we should jump to any action just yet. We are apart of a team remember? We need to use that teamwork and wait to act, we got pretty lucky in that last round with the crit successes. So what does the team leader want us to do?

>>16404518
Should we start another thread? Or just keep this one going?

>>16404518
I agree. These new contacts are way above our current level; we should defer to our team leader.

>>16404563
I'm not sure. This one is fairly long I suppose. Is there a timelimit on threads that are active? It has been archived so starting a new one wont hurt

>>16404563
We're on Page 14 right now, you should make a new thread.

>>16404581
No timelimit, but a post limit. I think the current limit is 250 posts, and we're at 300 posts.
Once the limit is hit, the thread goes into auto-sage, and will not be bumped. It will slowly but inevitably fall off.

>>16404602
Ok OP lets activate our new-thread-jutsu.

New thread here:
>>16404760